As Christians, we must take the gospel seriously. After all, the gospel is the good news of Jesus Christ. It is the message of salvation
for those who receive it in faith. St. Paul emphatically proclaimed the primacy of the gospel in the life of the Christian, demonstrating that we are not only to live the gospel, we are also to spread it. Of himself he said, “Woe to me if I do not
preach the gospel” (1 Cor. 9:16). In a very real way, to be Christian is to evangelize. The Church exists to evangelize.